Man City

After a couple of sensational seasons, British Bookmakers offer reigning champions Man City as the favourites to take the 2019-20 Premier League title.

Pep Guardiola’s side secured a domestic quadruple by winning the Premier League, League Cup, FA Cup along with the Community Shield last season, and had a superb start to this season’s campaign, by beating Liverpool in the Community Shield.

Man City only lost 4 matches last season, and although it was one of the closet finishes in history, City managed to bag the title by 1 point ahead of Liverpool.

Having won by a clear 19 point lead the previous season, Man City will be hoping for a similar outcome and a 5th Premier League victory in the space of 9 years.

Guardiola’s squad should have a pretty easy opener against West Ham, before meeting Spurs, who are one of the other top contenders, in their first home match.

Without a doubt, Man City have one of the best squads in the competition, with world-class players such as Raheem Sterling, Sergio Aguero and Gabriel Jesus up front, and Bernardo Silva in midfield, alongside Rodri who recently joined from Atletico Madrid.

They look to be in fantastic form heading into the new season Premier League season, and a victory would cap Man City’s 125th Anniversary season in perfect style.

Liverpool

Liverpool had an amazing season last year, despite the fact that they are the only team to ever take so many points without actually winning the Premier League.

Although this was a major disappointment to the Reds, they went on to record their 6th Champions League victory in a the final against Premier League rivals Spurs.

The Reds have improved every season under Jurgen Klopp, and last season’s performance showed a strong and confident side, and one that you could see winning the Premier League.

The European Champions will be determined to deny Man City a much-coveted hat-trick of Premier League titles, and Liverpool are expected to be their biggest challengers.

Klopp hasn’t changed things up too much during the transfer window, and given he has a solid squad already in place; this could prove to be a huge advantage as the start of the season.

Liverpool have a pretty easy run of opening matches against Norwich, Southampton, Burnley and Newcastle, with Arsenal being the only real challenge.

If Liverpool can get some decent points on the scoreboard from these clashes, they will be in a great position to stay ahead of the pack and challenge Man City for the title.

Spurs

After achieving a top 4 finish in the Premier League for the 4th season in a row, Spurs also went on to make the Champions League final last season.

Although they suffered defeat at the hands of Liverpool, they had a thrilling season, and are once again up there with the bookmakers favourites to win the Premier League.

Pochettino has certainly made his mark on Spurs, however, after 5 seasons in charge, he is still waiting to bring some silverware back to the new stadium in North London.

This season is being hailed as Tottenham’s make or break season.

Pochettino has a strong squad in place, which has been further enhanced by the signing of highly-rated Tanguy Ndombele from Lyon for a club record fee.

They have also settled into their new stadium well and have shown what they are capable of.

An opening fixture against Aston Villa shouldn’t be too challenging, but Spurs then face defending title holders Man City and also come up against Arsenal a few matches later.

It’s not an ideal start to the season, but if Spurs can deliver in these games and put points on the table early on in the competition, Pochettino could finally take home some silverware.

Man Utd

Man Utd may be bookmakers 4th favourites for the 2019-20 Premier League title, but they had a dismal finish to last season, ending up in 6th place having won only 2 of their last 7 matches.

Ole Gunnar Solskjaer took over from Mourinho towards the end of last season, and although the Utd side looks a bit chaotic, it’s clear that they certainly have the talent in the squad to win.

Man Utd may boast some of the best players in the Premier League, but unfortunately they don’t seem to possess the hunger that they once did under Sir Alex Ferguson.

Without a doubt they can still play to a spectacular level, but glimpses have been few and far between, and they really need to come together to be strong contenders this season.

Pre-season fixtures showed that they are playing a more consistent game, with 5 wins and a draw from 6 matches, and if they can continue this form then they'll be in with a decent chance.

Solskjaer’s men take on Chelsea in what is set to be a difficult opening match, however they then meet Wolves, Crystal Palace, Southampton and Leicester City in their next 4 fixtures, where they should be able to get early points on the board.

Chelsea

Chelsea come into the upcoming 2019-20 Premier League season under newly appointed manager Frank Lampard, following the departure of Sarri in June.

It was a mixed bag for Chelsea last season as they only managed to secure 3rd place in the competition, however they successfully won the Europa League and were undefeated throughout the entirety of the competition.

It will be an interesting season for the London side, not only because Lampard is in charge, but also given the fact that they lost key player Eden Hazard to Real Madrid.

There has been quite a bit of drama at Stamford Bridge during the summer, most notably the FIFA imposed transfer ban which has been imposed for 2 windows.

Although they will fight the ruling, it puts Chelsea in a less than ideal situation, especially with Hazard leaving which has undoubtedly put them in a much weaker position.

Luckily Chelsea are a pretty solid team, and they always have the potential to do well.

If they can hold up against Man Utd in their opening fixture, they then have a few easier matches against Leicester, Norwich, Sheffield Utd and Wolves that they should bag points from.

British Bookmakers offer Chelsea as one of the top teams in the competition, and if Lampard can get all of his players to perform consistently, Chelsea could do quite well.

Arsenal

Unai Emery’s Arsenal side haven’t managed to finish in the top 4 of the Premier League in the last 3 seasons, however they only lost out a top 4 spot by 1 point to Spurs last season.

Although they had a terrible end to the last years premier League campaign, only winning 1 of their last 4 fixtures, the result was an improvement on the 2 previous seasons.

Emery has managed to land some promising new players during the transfer window, most notably talented winger Nicolas Pepe from Lille and William Saliba from Saint-Etienne.

Arsenal have a very talented squad, with some fantastic players in the line up and there is absolutely no reason why they can’t at least secure a top 4 spot this season.

Unfortunately for Arsenal, they don’t have the easiest of starts to their campaign, and their opening run of fixtures is a bit of a mixed bag.

First up is Newcastle, who they should easily beat, however they also face Liverpool and Spurs in their first 4 matches, which could prove much more challenging for Emery's side.

After shocking starts to their last 2 Premier League seasons, Arsenal will really need to get some points on the board early on, if they want to keep their dreams of a top 4 finish alive.

Archive: 2018/19

There are some new faces in the Premier League this year, with Wolves, Cardiff and Fulham all joining the top flight, while Chelsea, Arsenal, Everton and West Ham have all got new managers.

Most clubs have changed things up and welcomed new blood during the transfer window, and it will be interesting to see how the season unfolds for those new to the Premier League.

In the lead up to the first match, we've taken a look at the top 6 teams that online bookmakers offer as the favourites to be crowned Champions come next May.

While bookmakers have decided their favourites for Premier League 2018-19, there could still be a surprise team that comes from nowhere and wins the league like Leicester did in 2017.

Man City

Bookmakers offer last seasons Premier League winners as favourites to win again in 2018-19.

The reigning champions have finished in the top 4 for the past 8 seasons, and only lost 2 games last season, winning with a clear 19-point lead ahead of 2nd place Man Utd.

Pep Guardiola arguably has one of the best squads in the whole of the Premier League to select from, and they look in good form ahead of their first match against Arsenal.

A few players have moved on since last season including Yaya Toure, while the only new player in the Man City squad is Riyad Mahrez who was signed from Leicester.

If Man City play as well as they did for the majority of last season, they would easily take the silverware back to the Etihad Stadium for a consecutive season.

The only danger for Guardiola's players is that they underestimate some of the other top teams who they easily beat last season and don't play as well as is needed to beat them again.

Liverpool

In at number 2 as the team that online bookmakers believe to be the second most likely to win the upcoming Premier League season is Liverpool.

Although they haven’t won the Premier League since 1990, Jürgen Klopp’s men have finished in 4th place for the past 2 seasons, and made the Champions League final last season.

They may not have had much domestic success of late, but last season’s performance shows a very different Liverpool team, and one that could easily win in 2018-19.

There have been quite a few quality additions to the squad, with Fabinho, Naby Keita, Xherdan Shaqiri and Alisson Becker all joining, while a few players like Danny Ward have moved on.

Luckily Klopp has a dream start to the season, with less challenging opening matches against West Ham, Crystal Palace, Brighton and Leicester before they play Spurs in September.

If Liverpool can get some decent points from these early clashes, they will be in a much stronger position than they have been at a similar stage in previous seasons.

Chelsea

Having won the Premier League back in 2017, Chelsea ended last season with a disappointing 5th place finish, even though they did go on to win the FA Cup under Antonio Conte.

After their less than stellar performance, Chelsea did what was expected, and replaced manager Antonio Conte, and welcomed another Italian manager - Maurizio Sarri to the club.

Chelsea are a solid team, and have the potential to do well, but they seem to have struggled a bit in recent times when playing against the other top 6 teams in the competition.

Fortunately for Sarri, Chelsea only face one of the top teams in the early stages of their Premier League campaign, and this could give them the opportunity to rack up a decent point tally.

Sarri has also brought one of the most talented midfielders in Europe to Chelsea, with Jorginho signing from Napoli, and he will be hoping that this will give the team an added boost.

Spurs

Spurs are also up there with bookmakers as one of the top 6 contenders for this seasons title, after their consistently good performances and finishing positions over the past few seasons.

Although they've lacked silverware, Spurs have finished in the top 4 for the past 3 seasons, and bagged the 3rd place spot in 2018 having only lost just 7 of their 38 matches.

Pochettino has developed an excellent squad over the past few years, and hasn’t changed things up too much during the transfer window, with no new players as of yet.

Spurs certainly have the potential to come close to winning the Premier League in 2018-19, especially if Harry Kane continues his impressive goals to games ratio of last season.

If Pochettino can improve things in the final third, including converting crosses from open play, and get Dele Alli playing as he's capable of, Spurs could be in with a shout this season.

Arsenal

Bookmakers offer Arsenal as the final top 6 contender to win the Premier League in 2018-19, and even though they only managed 6th last season, they're still one of the stronger teams.

The biggest concern around Arsenal will be seeing how they have adjusted to new manager Unai Emery, following Arsene Wenger’s departure in May after nearly 22 years in charge.

There have been additions during the transfer window, with German goalkeeper Bernd Leno joining the squad along with Sokratis Papastathopoulos, Lucas Torreira and Matteo Guendouzi.

A number of players have also departed including Jack Wilshere who moved to West Ham.

Unfortunately for Arsenal, they don’t have the easiest of starts to the upcoming Premier League season, having to play both Man City and Chelsea in their first 2 fixtures.

This will be challenging as they really need to get some points on the board early on if they don’t want a repeat of last seasons disappointing start to their Premier League campaign.

Man Utd

After a disappointing end to the season before last, Man Utd seem to be back on track under Jose Mourinho having finished 2nd to Man City last season.

Man Utd have some of the best players in the Premier League, and although they are capable of playing quality football, they don’t seem to have the hunger that they did under Alex Ferguson.

Having said that, bookmakers offer Man Utd 3rd favourites to win the Premier League in 2018-19, but they'll need to work harder than last season if they're to be crowned Champions.

Man Utd host Leicester in the opening fixture of the competition at Old Trafford, and then have a pretty easy run of 8 less challenging opponents before they meet Spurs.

If Mourinho can get some serious points on the table from these matches, Man Utd will be in with much better chance of carrying that form into the middle part of the season.

Great things will be expected from their new signings, including the Brazilian Fred who title rivals Man City were reportedly interested in signing last season.

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